Aleksei Ivanov raised from under the gun and Petr Jelinek as well as Antun Topic got their short stacks in the middle of the table. Ivanov called with the and Topic's cards were already in the muck as soon as the flop came .
Jelinek was also drawing dead already with the and the board filled up with the turn and river.
Peter Zamiska had raised and Antun Topic called in the small blind to see the flop come . Zamiska got his stack of 45,000 in with the and Topic called with the slightly inferior to lost almost all his stack after the board filled up with the turn and river.
Jerome Kobina Evans shoved his short stack of 25,000 from under the gun and Shakib Hamdam shoved from one seat over for around 55,000 chips. In the big blind, Georgi Gjurchinovski was having a decision and tanked for a long time. The clock was called on him and Gjurchinovski eventually called with the .
Evans was at risk with the and Hamdam held the . The board ran out and that was it for both short stacks.
Three more players have left the tournament. The board is showing 176 entrants left with 80 getting paid. The tournament is a little more than half an hour away from its next break in action.
France's Erwann Pecheux will not be able to add to his more than $1 million in live tournament cashes in the WSOP Circuit Main Event, as he was among the latest batch of players to exit the tournament.
In the free buffet, Marcin Wydrowski was spotted and a quick chat revealed how the Pole was eliminated. It happened in the second level and on his second table of the day with pocket kings. A short stack was involved with and the table big stack had reshoved to isolate. Wydrowski snapped off but a jack hit the board to send him out.
About 30 minutes ago, Romania's Paul Ciaca shared that he lost three straight showdowns. More recently, however, he won a big hand when he was able to get his opponent to fold to an all-in.
The action started when the player under the gun raised to 6,000 and the player to his left calling. Ciaca, who began the hand with about 65,000 chips three bet the action to 19,600 from the cut-off. The play under the gun folded, while his other opponent called.
Both players checked on a . Ciaca bet 18,000 on the turn, which his opponent called. On an unknown river card, Ciaca jammed for his remaining 22,000 chips and his opponent folded. Ciaca shared with us he had for a nut-flush draw on the turn which didn't complete on the river.
Dirk Wenkemann moved all in for 60,000 from the button and Pietro Sibione called from one seat over with the . Wenkemann had and improved on the flop flop, but the turn and river restored the preflop order and gave the pot to Sibione.